Patents by Inventor Jun-soo Kim

Jun-soo Kim has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210073556
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a camera for capturing a region around the vehicle, a positioning sensor for measuring a position of the vehicle, a database for storing a precise map, and a learning data generating apparatus for generating data for learning based on the captured region, the position of the vehicle, and the precise map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Su Hong CHAE, Jun Soo KIM, Seung Yong LEE, Dong Hwi LEE
  • Publication number: 20210023593
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing foreign substances in a container includes a conveying device for conveying a container having an opening portion, and a first nozzle for ejecting a gas toward the opening portion of the container, in which the first nozzle is disposed to be spaced apart from an imaginary vertical surface that runs through a center of the container, towards a first side, at a first spacing distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Soo KIM, Young Soo SONG, Chun Hong PARK, Ye Hoon IM, Sung Tae HWANG
  • Publication number: 20210024087
    Abstract: An autonomous driving controller includes: a processor to collect driving data when a vehicle is traveling and calculate a steering override reference value, which is a criterion of determining an override mode, based on the collected driving data; and a storage to store the collected driving data and a set of instructions executed by the processor to calculate the steering override reference value. In particular, the processor controls autonomous driving by varying the steering override reference value based on the collected driving data or information regarding a driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Soo KIM
  • Patent number: 10886361
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided including a resistor structure, the semiconductor device including a substrate having an upper surface perpendicular to a first direction; a resistor structure including a first insulating layer on the substrate, a resistor layer on the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer on the resistor layer; and a resistor contact penetrating the second insulating layer and the resistor layer. The tilt angle of a side wall of the resistor contact with respect to the first direction varies according to a height from the substrate. The semiconductor device has a low contact resistance and a narrow variation of contact resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-yeol Kim, Hyon-wook Ra, Seo-bum Lee, Jun-soo Kim, Chung-hwan Shin
  • Patent number: 10847034
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change in a vehicle includes a navigation module for guiding a user along a path from a starting point to a destination point, a GPS module, a memory, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a processor for being electrically connected with the navigation module, the GPS module, the memory, the first sensor, and the second sensor. The processor determines whether it is possible to control a lane change to a target lane in the path based on a length of a diverging lane in a diverging section or a length of a merging lane in a merging section in the diverging section or the merging section included in the path, controls the lane change to the target lane, and controls the vehicle to travel along a lane link connected with the target lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Hwi Lee, Tae Sung Choi, Jun Soo Kim, Su Jung Yoo, Hyun Ju Kim
  • Patent number: 10793159
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing map information for determining a driving situation of a vehicle includes a processor configured to update a position of an own vehicle to a detailed map including lane information, configure a valid detailed map by selecting an effective region around the position of the own vehicle on the basis of the position of the own vehicle on the detailed map, and generate a road model according to a requested type of a vehicle device which has requested providing of map information, using the valid detailed map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Soo Kim, Joo Hyun Ryu, Tae Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 10770463
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. A semiconductor device having a substrate can include a lower semiconductor layer, an upper semiconductor layer on the lower semiconductor layer, and a buried insulating layer between the lower semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer. A first trench can be in the upper semiconductor layer having a lowest surface above the buried insulating layer and a first conductive pattern recessed in the first trench. A second trench can be in the lower semiconductor layer, the buried insulating layer, and the upper semiconductor layer. A second conductive pattern can be in the second trench and a first source/drain region can be in the upper semiconductor layer between the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Hee Cho, Jun Soo Kim, Hui Jung Kim, Tae Yoon An, Satoru Yamada, Won Sok Lee, Nam Ho Jeon, Moon Young Jeong, Ki Jae Hur, Jae Ho Hong
  • Patent number: 10661786
    Abstract: An autonomous parking assist apparatus and a method for assisting parking using the apparatus are provided. The autonomous parking assist apparatus includes an environment information detector that detects surrounding environment information of a vehicle and a processor that senses a change in a parking environment using the environment information detector after the vehicle is parked. Additionally, the processor determines whether a realignment of the vehicle is required and performs the realignment of the vehicle based on the determined result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Jun Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 10606272
    Abstract: A method for guiding a parking mode in a remote automatic parking support system is provided. The remote automatic parking support system includes a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, automatic parking is performed based on a parking request from a smart key or a smartphone of a driver positioned extraneous to a vehicle and in the second mode, automatic parking is performed based on a parking request from a switch mounted within the vehicle. The vehicle is guided in first mode or the second mode based on a surrounding environment, thereby providing optimal convenience to the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gil Won Seo, Jun Soo Kim, Chan Hee Jung, Wan Seok Yang, Sung Yun Kim
  • Publication number: 20200089224
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a vehicle includes a processor and a storage storing information determined by the processor. The processor determines whether a vehicle enters a tollgate, in advance based on driving situation information, and determine whether a current driving lane of the vehicle is a high-pass lane or a general lane, when the vehicle is scheduled to enter the tollgate. In particular, to the processor may automatically switch a driving mode depending on whether the current driving lane of the vehicle is the high-pass lane or the general lane to control the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Soo KIM
  • Patent number: 10586451
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling parking includes a parking situation recognizer recognizing a parking situation of a vehicle based on information received from navigation and converting an operation mode of the vehicle into a parking mode; a parking space searcher setting an operation sensor based on information on a parking zone received from the navigation at the time of performing the conversion into the parking mode, and searching for a parking space using the operation sensor; and a parking controller configured to control the parking of the vehicle based on the searched parking space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR CCOMPANY
    Inventors: Gil Won Seo, Joo Woong Yang, Wan Seok Yang, Jun Soo Kim, Sung Yun Kim, Chan Hee Jung, Min Wook Seo
  • Publication number: 20190315363
    Abstract: A lane change controller, a system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The lane change controller includes a processor configured to determine whether it is possible for a vehicle to perform a lane change depending on a road condition, based on information about surrounding circumstances, a storage storing the result of determining whether it is possible to perform the lane change, the result being determined by the processor, and a display device configured to display the result of determining whether it is possible to perform the lane change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Soo Kim, Jin Su Jeong, Jae Yong Jeon
  • Publication number: 20190315366
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about an external object and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor. The control circuit is configured to initiate a minimum risk strategy (MRM), when a predetermined condition is met, to determine a lateral location of the vehicle based on information obtained by the sensor and a location of a driving lane of the vehicle on a road, and to move the vehicle to the determined lateral location while executing the MRM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Su Jung YOO, Jun Soo KIM, Dong-Hwi LEE, Jin Su Jeong
  • Publication number: 20190296017
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. A semiconductor device having a substrate can include a lower semiconductor layer, an upper semiconductor layer on the lower semiconductor layer, and a buried insulating layer between the lower semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer. A first trench can be in the upper semiconductor layer having a lowest surface above the buried insulating layer and a first conductive pattern recessed in the first trench. A second trench can be in the lower semiconductor layer, the buried insulating layer, and the upper semiconductor layer. A second conductive pattern can be in the second trench and a first source/drain region can be in the upper semiconductor layer between the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: MIN HEE CHO, JUN SOO KIM, HUI JUNG KIM, TAE YOON AN, SATORU YAMADA, WON SOK LEE, NAM HO JEON, MOON YOUNG JEONG, KI JAE HUR, JAE HO HONG
  • Publication number: 20190258249
    Abstract: A driving mode switching control apparatus of a vehicle includes one or more processors collecting data from a map DB, a positioning system, a camera system, and a sensor system in the vehicle; analyzing the collected data to determine a reliability of each data; and designing a driving mode switching of the vehicle based on the determined result of the reliability of the each data to generate mode switching data including an information of the designed driving mode switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Jun Soo KIM, Su Jung YOO, Dong Hwi LEE
  • Patent number: 10361205
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. A semiconductor device having a substrate can include a lower semiconductor layer, an upper semiconductor layer on the lower semiconductor layer, and a buried insulating layer between the lower semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer. A first trench can be in the upper semiconductor layer having a lowest surface above the buried insulating layer and a first conductive pattern recessed in the first trench. A second trench can be in the lower semiconductor layer, the buried insulating layer, and the upper semiconductor layer. A second conductive pattern can be in the second trench and a first source/drain region can be in the upper semiconductor layer between the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Hee Cho, Jun Soo Kim, Hui Jung Kim, Tae Yoon An, Satoru Yamada, Won Sok Lee, Nam Ho Jeon, Moon Young Jeong, Ki Jae Hur, Jae Ho Hong
  • Publication number: 20190180625
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change in a vehicle includes a navigation module for guiding a user along a path from a starting point to a destination point, a GPS module, a memory, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a processor for being electrically connected with the navigation module, the GPS module, the memory, the first sensor, and the second sensor. The processor determines whether it is possible to control a lane change to a target lane in the path based on a length of a diverging lane in a diverging section or a length of a merging lane in a merging section in the diverging section or the merging section included in the path, controls the lane change to the target lane, and controls the vehicle to travel along a lane link connected with the target lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Hwi LEE, Tae Sung CHOI, Jun Soo KIM, Su Jung YOO, Hyun Ju KIM
  • Publication number: 20190126930
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing map information for determining a driving situation of a vehicle includes a processor configured to update a position of an own vehicle to a detailed map including lane information, configure a valid detailed map by selecting an effective region around the position of the own vehicle on the basis of the position of the own vehicle on the detailed map, and generate a road model according to a requested type of a vehicle device which has requested providing of map information, using the valid detailed map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Jun Soo KIM, Joo Hyun Ryu, Tae Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 10199379
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active region on a substrate, a device isolation film on the substrate to define the active region, a gate trench including a first portion in the active region and a second portion in the device isolation film, a gate electrode including a first gate embedded in the first portion of the gate trench and a second gate embedded in the second portion of the gate trench, a first gate capping pattern on the first gate and filling the first portion of the gate trench, and a second gate capping pattern on the second gate and filling the second portion of the gate trench, an upper surface of the first gate being higher than an upper surface of the second gate, and the first gate capping pattern and the second gate capping pattern have different structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Hee Cho, Woo Song Ahn, Min Su Choi, Satoru Yamada, Jun Soo Kim, Sung Sam Lee
  • Patent number: 10175695
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling parking-out of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a determination processor configured to determine whether a turn switch is operated while autonomous parking of the vehicle is in progress, a mode converter configured to convert an operation mode of the vehicle from a parking mode to a parking-out mode if it is determined that the turn switch is operated while the autonomous parking of the vehicle is in progress and determine a parking-out direction in response to the operation of the turn switch, a path generator configured to generate a parking-out path based on a parking progress state of the vehicle and the determined parking-out direction when the operation mode is converted into the parking-out mode, and a driving controller configured to control the parking-out of the vehicle along the generated parking-out path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Min Wook Seo, Sung Yun Kim, Jun Soo Kim, Jin Ho Park